Sharing the Stories that Matter Most
“A picture paints a thousand words.” Sure, that’s true. Imagine how many more words are spoken through moving pictures. Literally, videos show a thousand pictures in 42 seconds. How many additional words are painted through the spoken words, and the music? It’s easy to understand why videos are enthralling works of art. As far as documentary filmmaking goes, the main value-adding qualities of documentary-style videography include: authenticity and artistry.
Documentary films and photos offer us the benefits of recalling fond memories, evoking emotions, and facilitating sharing. Documentary filmmaking requires advanced skills in camera operation, because videographers must be quick and agile as they capture the candid action. For mobility, our corporate video production crew carries lightweight camera equipment and we move like ninjas. Similarly, our wedding videographers work intelligently, in synchronized teams, capturing the magic moments from all the essential angles.
Documentary Filmmaking Services Menu: Event Highlights | Family Keepsakes | Broadcast Journalism | Art Films | Docuseries + Podcasts
Event Highlights
A remarkable conference experience true to Austin’s unique culture — one that celebrates self-expression, genuine connection, and play
The Conscious Awakening Conference is a compassionate conversation about the intersection between mental health, psychedelics, and spirituality. The originator is Betting On Love, led by founder Sunshine Grace. This three-day event took place in Austin, Texas February 2-4, 2024.
For this documentation project, our media deliverables included immersive coverage in multi-camera footage and photos, yielding a media library of complete speeches music performances. We delivered a fully-edited short film, dozens of social media shorts, and 500+ photos, along with the shorter highlights video displayed here.
Documentary short film and photos from the Conscious Awakening Conference
At the heart of the Conscious Awakening Conference, storytellers expressed themselves on the core subjects, sharing their joys and sorrows with a captivated audience. Their stories were real, raw, and relatable, offering a chance for viewers to find a sense of hope, healing, and belonging. Thanks to the immersive camera coverage, resulting in complete speeches, these encouraging stories will extend to audiences all over Austin and across the globe.
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- Event Highlights Film + Photos
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- Event Highlights Film + Photos
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- Event Highlights Film + Photos
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- Event Highlights Film + Photos
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- Event Highlights Film + Photos
Family Keepsakes
Sloane, age 8, is an amputee who dreams big
Inspiring stories like this one are best told in the film format. Meet Sloane. Despite the loss of her leg, she is a tremendous athlete, as you can see in her running, gymnastics, and horse riding talents. She is the star of a Toyota commercial, featuring the Challenged Athletes Foundation.
Youth soccer star Trinity Bledsoe shows her skills to recruiters
Outside of weddings, additional family keepsake films include birthday parties, music recitals, and sporting events. Here is an example of a highlights reel, documenting virtuoso youth soccer player Trinity Bledsoe. In this film, we keep Trinity in focus as the star of the story. In other films, we focus on an entire team, or the entire game, giving each player equal opportunities for screen time.
Emily and Morgan share their love story as a 10-minute short film
Wedding films are investments in your family’s history. A good wedding film wows you emotionally, bringing back the feelings of the marriage ceremony, the reception, and the surrounding festivities. Moving imagery, spoken words, and the soundscape will rekindle your flame, stirring your emotions over and over again.
Melissa and Felipe’s sacred ceremony was immersed in nature, barefoot in the river
Scarlet and Michael share the highlights of their Texas Hill Country wedding
A wonderful wedding is highlighted here, with the long-format video shown below. Wedding films are the superlative family keepsake videos, filled with brilliance and beauty. Depending on the preferences of the bride and groom, some wedding films are natural and casual, like acoustic Folk music. Other wedding films are plugged in and amped up, like electric Rock ‘n’ Roll.
“Their presence added to the love and care coming together for our wedding day as they offered support and seamlessly and peacefully operated equipment and set up interview space… From their point of view and the talent in their work, we were able to even more deeply witness and receive our sacred marriage.” —Melanie Jenkins
“Working with Cabe was an absolutely 10/10 experience. He was incredibly communicative, which was especially appreciated as I was managing our video project from Ireland! Cabe completely understood the video concept, and delivered everything we needed in great time. The quality was amazing, and the end result was everything we had hoped for.” —Christina Hamilton
Broadcast Journalism
Indigenous elders offer their insights on life, in the physical and spiritual worlds. They offer their wisest and wildest views on interconnection, sacred ceremonies and healing paths.
The documentary film, Voices of the Grandmothers, features in-depth interviews with esteemed indigenous elders and supportive orators. In addition to our filming, we also delivered Facebook Live broadcasts, making this a historic event live-streamed for the world to see. See the film in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video and Films For Action.
“Their final product, even the “rough draft” brought tears to our eyes & a deep sense of awe even towards an event that we created & participated in!” —Melani Jenkins
Our big screen debut, Wild Family, is a feature-length documentary about parenting outside-the-box, released in 2015. This film premiered at the Alamo Drafthouse in our hometown of Austin, Texas. See the film in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video and Films For Action.
The story of Wild Family is as follows. Eight-months pregnant with their third child, the parents of preschoolers trail blaze across the U.S.A., cameras firing. They record the stories of 40 wild families, exploring new ways to raise kids. Through outdoor adventures and in-depth interviews, their findings reveal a wide range of family dynamics. FYI, the film’s passion and intrigue led to a spin-off variety video series called Wild Family TV.
“This is a team of innovators who bring passion to their projects, and you will be so pleased with the result!” —Laura Tolin
Water protectors speak in support of the Standing Rock Movement
Standing in Solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux is a documentary short film, presenting the Standing Rock movement. Mid-November, 2016, thousands of water protectors gathered as a singular family on the campgrounds surrounding the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Together, the people who stand with Standing Rock represent a great healing of the First Nations, leading to a unification of all tribes—red, yellow, black, and white.
In the Lakota language, “Mni Wiconi” means “Water Is Life.” This is the rallying cry of the Standing Rock Movement. This peaceful and prayerful form of activism is about the protection of water itself, and the sanctification of water as sacred, essential, life-giving element. The “Water Protectors” are diverse in their demographic backgrounds, and yet they stand in solidarity as a community of supporters, observers, and participants.
Art Films
Aerial dancer Tolly Moseley displays her improvisational art
KGSR presents world-renowned musicians at a SXSW live music broadcast
“The shoot process itself was absolutely magical…an unforgettable day! And of course, the final product (video and photos) blew my mind. It was exactly the tone / mood / quality I wanted, and we went through a single round of edits to get the video itself just right.” —Tolly Moseley
Docuseries + Podcasts
The Created Here documentary TV series celebrates the arts, featuring the artists
The Feather Lightwork podcast is an invitation to rekindle the inner fire.
This video podcast offers a focus on self mastery through self-discovery, self-acceptance, and self-care. Episodes help people to remember and renew their roles as their own greatest healer, teacher, and ally in life. Audrey Love and Cabe Lindsay are co-facilitators on this transformative journey. We explore paths to self-empowerment with unlimited potential for health, wealth, and connection. This is our Work, and it is an honor.